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diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index a85502839c..f2e41f54b6 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ please let me know. functions `stat', `lstat', `fstat', and `mknod' and while linking on my Linux system I get error messages. How is this supposed to work?'' + +[Q18] ``The prototypes for `connect', `accept', `getsockopt', + `setsockopt', `getsockname', `getpeername', `send', + `sendto', and `recvfrom' are different in GNU libc than + on any other system I saw. This is a bug, isn't it?'' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [Q1] ``What systems does the GNU C Library run on?'' @@ -75,9 +80,9 @@ The systems glibc is known to work on in the moment and most probably in the future are: *-*-gnu GNU Hurd - i[3456]86-*-linux Linux-2.0 on Intel - m68k-*-linux Linux-2.0 on Motorola 680x0 - alpha-*-linux Linux-2.0 on DEC Alpha + i[3456]86-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.0 on Intel + m68k-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.0 on Motorola 680x0 + alpha-*-linux-gnu Linux-2.0 on DEC Alpha Other Linux platforms are also on the way to be supported but I need some success reports first. @@ -159,14 +164,10 @@ Library. slow. * plenty of time (approx 1h for i?86-linux on i586@133 or 2.5h on - i486@66 or 4.5h on i486@33). + i486@66 or 4.5h on i486@33). For Hurd systems times are much higher. If you have some more measurements let me know. -* Some files depend on special tools. E.g., files ending in .gperf - need a `gperf' program. The GNU version (part of libg++) is known - to work while some vendor versions do not. - * When compiling for Linux: + the header files of the Linux kernel must be available in the @@ -176,6 +177,8 @@ Library. need a `gperf' program. The GNU version (part of libg++) is known to work while some vendor versions do not. + You should not need these tools unless you change the source files. + ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [Q7] ``When I run `nm -u libc.so' on the produced library I still find unresolved symbols? Can this be ok?'' @@ -407,7 +410,7 @@ libc binaries from the US. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [Q15] ``What are these `add-ons'?'' -[A15] {UD} To avoid complications with external or external source +[A15] {UD} To avoid complications with export rules or external source code some optional parts of the libc are distributed as separate packages (e.g., the crypt package, see Q14). @@ -416,7 +419,7 @@ the package and tell the configuration script about these additional subdirectories using the --enable-add-ons option. When you add the crypt add-on you just have to use - configure --enable-add-ons=crypt,XXX ... + configure --enable-add-ons=des-crypt,XXX ... where XXX are possible other add-ons and ... means the rest of the normal option list. @@ -552,6 +555,22 @@ link. The linker script with the above contents is placed in ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ +[Q18] ``The prototypes for `connect', `accept', `getsockopt', + `setsockopt', `getsockname', `getpeername', `send', + `sendto', and `recvfrom' are different in GNU libc from + any other system I saw. This is a bug, isn't it?'' + +[A18] {UD} No, this is no bug. This version of the GNU libc already +follows the to-be-released POSIX.1g standard. In this standard +the type `size_t' is used for all parameters which describe a size. +So better change now. + +This change is critical for system which have + sizeof (int) != sizeof (size_t) +like the Alpha. + + +~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Answers were given by: {UD} Ulrich Drepper, <drepper@cygnus.com> |